Ryan Overturf
@ryanoverdrive.bsky.social
Host of 180 MTG- a podcast dedicated to all things Cube! https://www.buzzsprout.com/2524885
I used to do tournament commentary. I still do, but I used to, too.
The occasional mimosa is a must for me. he/him
I used to do tournament commentary. I still do, but I used to, too.
The occasional mimosa is a must for me. he/him
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2025 Cube Year in Review - 180 MTG
Ryan Overturf goes over every major Magic release in 2025 in terms of aesthetics and mechanics and breaks down what the year meant for the world of Cube! References: Corey Bowen's article on...
www.buzzsprout.com
Here it is- my 2025 Cube Year in Review! In which I go over every Magic release this year in terms of aesthetics and mechanics and what this year has to offer for Cube designers.
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
I could hardly miss a Cube event coming to the Twin Cities!
It's no secret we're big Cube fans here at Shoebox. It wouldn't be a proper celebration of all things Cube (and beyond) without some very special guests! 🧊💖
Please welcome Anthony and Andy of Lucky Paper Radio, Usman, Ryan Overturf, and KadeGoforth! #MTGCube
Please welcome Anthony and Andy of Lucky Paper Radio, Usman, Ryan Overturf, and KadeGoforth! #MTGCube
January 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I could hardly miss a Cube event coming to the Twin Cities!
I'm getting ahead of some travel and actually have two new episodes of the podcast recorded! Just finished a shorter one for two weeks for now, in which I mostly talk about how much I love Star Magic. Hopefully y'all have an appetite for some nonsense!
January 2, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I'm getting ahead of some travel and actually have two new episodes of the podcast recorded! Just finished a shorter one for two weeks for now, in which I mostly talk about how much I love Star Magic. Hopefully y'all have an appetite for some nonsense!
We did it gamers
January 1, 2026 at 11:20 PM
We did it gamers
I wouldn't give either of these cards perfect marks, but I love the shape of a two mana creature that "bottles" a card so you can cast it as long as you control the creature. Gwen Stacy is closer to my ideal implementation, but both of these are rad.
December 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I wouldn't give either of these cards perfect marks, but I love the shape of a two mana creature that "bottles" a card so you can cast it as long as you control the creature. Gwen Stacy is closer to my ideal implementation, but both of these are rad.
I've been digging into some other folks years in review for Magic/Cube- I know that my positions go a bit against the grain, but it's really interesting to see just how much I find myself evaluating this year's releases differently than other folks do.
Here it is- my 2025 Cube Year in Review! In which I go over every Magic release this year in terms of aesthetics and mechanics and what this year has to offer for Cube designers.
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
2025 Cube Year in Review - 180 MTG
Ryan Overturf goes over every major Magic release in 2025 in terms of aesthetics and mechanics and breaks down what the year meant for the world of Cube! References: Corey Bowen's article on...
www.buzzsprout.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I've been digging into some other folks years in review for Magic/Cube- I know that my positions go a bit against the grain, but it's really interesting to see just how much I find myself evaluating this year's releases differently than other folks do.
Why doesn't Magic Arena have a "Fuck you!" emote?
December 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Why doesn't Magic Arena have a "Fuck you!" emote?
Here it is- my 2025 Cube Year in Review! In which I go over every Magic release this year in terms of aesthetics and mechanics and what this year has to offer for Cube designers.
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
2025 Cube Year in Review - 180 MTG
Ryan Overturf goes over every major Magic release in 2025 in terms of aesthetics and mechanics and breaks down what the year meant for the world of Cube! References: Corey Bowen's article on...
www.buzzsprout.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Here it is- my 2025 Cube Year in Review! In which I go over every Magic release this year in terms of aesthetics and mechanics and what this year has to offer for Cube designers.
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
I got into Slay the Spire two years ago and have played several hundred hours on both PC and Switch. The base difficulty offers a ton of fun strategies to explore, and the game has enough going on that the hardest difficulty always leaves room for you to improve.
If anyone wants like... 1000+ hours of entertainment, go buy the Game of All Time for almost nothing.
December 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I got into Slay the Spire two years ago and have played several hundred hours on both PC and Switch. The base difficulty offers a ton of fun strategies to explore, and the game has enough going on that the hardest difficulty always leaves room for you to improve.
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My team is a late night terror!
It's time for #Cube4Charity, let's fuckin draft!
www.twitch.tv/JimDavisMTG
Donate to our team here:
tiltify.com/+cube4charit...
It's time for #Cube4Charity, let's fuckin draft!
www.twitch.tv/JimDavisMTG
Donate to our team here:
tiltify.com/+cube4charit...
December 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My team is a late night terror!
It's time for #Cube4Charity, let's fuckin draft!
www.twitch.tv/JimDavisMTG
Donate to our team here:
tiltify.com/+cube4charit...
It's time for #Cube4Charity, let's fuckin draft!
www.twitch.tv/JimDavisMTG
Donate to our team here:
tiltify.com/+cube4charit...
After playing at the barcade tonight, I was told that I should introduce myself to people by telling them that I'm good at DDR.
December 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
After playing at the barcade tonight, I was told that I should introduce myself to people by telling them that I'm good at DDR.
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Magic friends! I'll be streaming Vintage Cube for 12 hours on Christmas Day at twitch.tv/theauratog to raise money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in honor of Jonathan Brostoff. The big prize this year is a box of Avatar Collector Boosters to one lucky donor! Join me at 8am CST!
December 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Magic friends! I'll be streaming Vintage Cube for 12 hours on Christmas Day at twitch.tv/theauratog to raise money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in honor of Jonathan Brostoff. The big prize this year is a box of Avatar Collector Boosters to one lucky donor! Join me at 8am CST!
I have started recording my 2025 Cube year in review. This is gonna be a long one 😅
December 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I have started recording my 2025 Cube year in review. This is gonna be a long one 😅
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An easy way to explain this:
Which is easier to do, bake a cake from scratch, or fix a cake that someone baked after they accidentally used salt instead of sugar?
Which is easier to do, bake a cake from scratch, or fix a cake that someone baked after they accidentally used salt instead of sugar?
Just a thing about this: a common statement in writing is that you can fix crap, but you can't fix a blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I know I don’t talk about writing much. It is because I am writing so slowly.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
December 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
An easy way to explain this:
Which is easier to do, bake a cake from scratch, or fix a cake that someone baked after they accidentally used salt instead of sugar?
Which is easier to do, bake a cake from scratch, or fix a cake that someone baked after they accidentally used salt instead of sugar?
This video is tremendously thoughtful, creative, well-researched, and inspirational.
⭐ New Video 🪓
Revolution, Fascism, & Magic: The Gathering
Folks, this one's a bit big...
youtu.be/4JghX1MBU68
Revolution, Fascism, & Magic: The Gathering
Folks, this one's a bit big...
youtu.be/4JghX1MBU68
December 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This video is tremendously thoughtful, creative, well-researched, and inspirational.
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I really liked this episode. Avoiding "garbage time" is important to me as a designer. I love cards that dont feel unfair, but also ensure that there is tension in games until they end.
Hard to believe, but it's already my 20th episode! This week I talk about the value of enabling players to steal games.
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
Hidetsugu's Second Rite, Garbage Time, and Stealing Games - 180 MTG
Ryan Overturf recounts one of his first tournament experiences at the Saviors of Kamigawa Prerelease and breaks down what a 20 year old memory can tell us about Cube design and the importance of enabl...
www.buzzsprout.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I really liked this episode. Avoiding "garbage time" is important to me as a designer. I love cards that dont feel unfair, but also ensure that there is tension in games until they end.
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This is the funniest and most embarrassing possible outcome for Bari. People are going to get to see a totally normal news piece that clearly isn't biased against Trump and think, "She was afraid that THIS would upset the administration??"
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
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December 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This is the funniest and most embarrassing possible outcome for Bari. People are going to get to see a totally normal news piece that clearly isn't biased against Trump and think, "She was afraid that THIS would upset the administration??"
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Hard to believe, but it's already my 20th episode! This week I talk about the value of enabling players to steal games.
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
Hidetsugu's Second Rite, Garbage Time, and Stealing Games - 180 MTG
Ryan Overturf recounts one of his first tournament experiences at the Saviors of Kamigawa Prerelease and breaks down what a 20 year old memory can tell us about Cube design and the importance of enabl...
www.buzzsprout.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Hard to believe, but it's already my 20th episode! This week I talk about the value of enabling players to steal games.
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
This is just over two weeks away??? Looking forward to seeing all the gamers in Hotlanta! #SCGAtlanta #SpotlightTheAvatar
I'll be back in the coverage booth in January, calling the action for Magic Spotlight: The Avatar in Atlanta! I'm personally excited to see more of Standard's Izzet decks in action! #SCGAtlanta #SpotlightTheAvatar
bit.ly/scg-con-atla...
bit.ly/scg-con-atla...
SCG CON Atlanta 2026 - SCG CON
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December 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is just over two weeks away??? Looking forward to seeing all the gamers in Hotlanta! #SCGAtlanta #SpotlightTheAvatar
Hard to believe, but it's already my 20th episode! This week I talk about the value of enabling players to steal games.
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
Hidetsugu's Second Rite, Garbage Time, and Stealing Games - 180 MTG
Ryan Overturf recounts one of his first tournament experiences at the Saviors of Kamigawa Prerelease and breaks down what a 20 year old memory can tell us about Cube design and the importance of enabl...
www.buzzsprout.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Hard to believe, but it's already my 20th episode! This week I talk about the value of enabling players to steal games.
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2524885/epis...
I had been playing Prowess with a Lesson package on the ladder, and this last week it felt like the format has really adapted to Accumulate Wisdom. After spending most of yesterday getting my ass kicked, I hit Mythic with a more aggressive build today.
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I had been playing Prowess with a Lesson package on the ladder, and this last week it felt like the format has really adapted to Accumulate Wisdom. After spending most of yesterday getting my ass kicked, I hit Mythic with a more aggressive build today.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
The topic for next week's podcast:
December 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The topic for next week's podcast:
I'm often asked by prospective Cube designers about how many archetypes should be featured in a Cube, and it's a very common topic of Cube breakdowns, but I personally don't think about that much at all! This piece does a great job of highlighting how archetypes will sort themselves out.
usmantherad.substack.com/p/paving-des...
For my 60th article about cube design, I talked about the concept of desire paths and how they manifest in cube design and cube drafting. This article links to a 2015 Third Power cube podcast episode, featuring Marshall Sutcliffe as a guest. 🙂
For my 60th article about cube design, I talked about the concept of desire paths and how they manifest in cube design and cube drafting. This article links to a 2015 Third Power cube podcast episode, featuring Marshall Sutcliffe as a guest. 🙂
Paving Desire Paths in Cube Design and Cube Drafting
This article discusses the concept of Desire Paths & how understanding them is useful for Magic: The Gathering's cube format for cube drafting and cube design.
usmantherad.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I'm often asked by prospective Cube designers about how many archetypes should be featured in a Cube, and it's a very common topic of Cube breakdowns, but I personally don't think about that much at all! This piece does a great job of highlighting how archetypes will sort themselves out.